Medium severity · published Aug 2, 2017
CVE-2017-10806
Stack-based buffer overflow in hw/usb/redirect.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via vectors related to…
5.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in hw/usb/redirect.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via vectors related to logging debug messages.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
QE
Qemu · Qemu
through 2.9.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10806
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10806
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3925
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/07/1
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99475
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468496
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
Mailing List
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-05/msg03087.html
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